Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps cognate to a possessive suffix -nü found in other Cariban languages.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ñü

  1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.

References edit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ñü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114